San Antonio Spurs

[ju-Luis]

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lubonga tawn oi.. hahaha... paksit nasad.. NOH hir we cum

[juan penduko]

dili ta dapat mahadluk kung kinsa atong kontra. SILA DAPAT ANG MAHADLUK NATO. HAHAHAHA

GO SPURS GO

[menderouv]

^ nice attitude. pang uplift sa spirit.hehehe

[tackielarla]

Now Spurs' drama begins
Jeff McDonald

OAKLAND, Calif. — They've checked the standings. They've seen the scenarios. They've attempted to do the sort of math that might make an MIT graduate student reach for the Advil.

The Spurs still don't know where they might fall in a Western Conference race still convoluted heading into its final days. All they know is what they can control.

“There are so many what-ifs,” guard Roger Mason Jr. said. “The biggest thing we can do is get wins, and let the chips fall where they may.”

The Spurs accomplished that goal Monday, routing the perpetually short-handed and oft-hapless Warriors 101-72 at Oracle Arena. All it did was serve to keep the middle of the conference standings as log-jammed as ever.

Drew Gooden had 20 points and 15 rebounds off the bench, Tim Duncan had 16 points and 13 rebounds in a 22-minute cameo appearance and Tony Parker added 17 points for the Spurs.

With the victory, the Spurs (53-2 remained in a three-way tie with Portland and Houston — both of whom also won Monday — for the third-through-fifth slots.

In order to claim third place — and the accompanying home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs — the Spurs need a victory in their season finale Wednesday against New Orleans, and a Houston loss at Dallas the same night.

Anything else, and the Spurs could finish as low as fifth.

The Spurs are aware of all this, at least on some level. They came out Monday like a team with something to play for.

If Michael Finley wasn't sliding across the floor for a loose ball, Duncan was out-hustling a thicket of Warriors for an offensive rebound. Couple that with a collection of Golden State players who seemed like they'd rather be across the parking lot watching the A's and Red Sox, and the result was the Spurs' most decisive victory of the season.

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich saved Duncan for this game, choosing to rest his sore-kneed superstar a night earlier in a controversial 95-92 win at Sacramento.

“It's a day-to-day kind of thing,” Popovich said of Duncan's health. “He definitely needs to stay away from back-to-backs. He often times says he's fine, but he's not whole yet.”

In retrospect, Duncan might as well have taken Monday off as well. He just wasn't that necessary.

Mason, Parker, Duncan and Gooden all had scored in double figures by halftime, lifting the Spurs to a 57-38 lead. Gooden had already posted his double-double, piling 10 rebounds next to his 11 points.

In large part, the Spurs blew open the game in the second quarter — a stretch that had been their Achilles' heel at times this season. They outscored Golden State 28-14 in the frame to start the rout.

Mason closed the first quarter with a shot that had to make the Kings chuckle all the way from Denver. He launched a 29-foot prayer at the buzzer, banking it in just as time expired.

Steve Javie and his crew of officials gathered around a review monitor for the duration of the quarter break to ensure Mason got the shot off.

A night earlier at Sacramento, officials could not review Finley's game-winning 3-pointer with 1.3 seconds to go to see if it had beaten the shot clock. The NBA admitted, a day later, that it had not.

The Spurs' second victory of their final regular-season road trip did not come with nearly as much controversy or drama.

Still tied for third in the conference, but maybe destined for fifth, they return to San Antonio today to sort out the mess.

[juan penduko]

luyaha sa ubang thread mag.guol man kung kinsa ilang kontra sa playoffs.

KINSA'Y DAPAT MAHADLUK SA SPURS? SILA
KINSA'Y PILDI? SILA
KINSA'Y CHAMPION? KITA

ooopppppppssss. ayaw saba kai maglagot ang taga LA LAKERS.

[ManWhore]

^^ Doesn't really matter who the Lakers are going to face, they don't have any problems aside from future injuries

[tackielarla]

^^ Doesn't really matter who the Lakers are going to face, they don't have any problems aside from future injuries

Hah! Try telling that to the Blazers.

[ManWhore]

oh really? who's gonna be facing the young blazers in the playoffs? lakers? LOLS!

[tackielarla]

oh really? who's gonna be facing the young blazers in the playoffs? lakers? LOLS!

I thought you just said this:

^^ Doesn't really matter who the Lakers are going to face, they don't have any problems

Make up your mind dude.

[tackielarla]

Western Conference playoff scenarios
By Jeff McDonald

For those of you in need of a good headache this afternoon, here are the updated Western Conference playoff scenarios, as released this morning by the NBA:

Denver will be seeded:
• #2 if Nuggets win OR Rockets lose
• #3 if Nuggets lose and Rockets win

Houston will be seeded:
• #2 if Rockets win and Nuggets lose
• #3 if Rockets win and Nuggets win OR if Spurs and Blazers lose.
• #4 if Rockets lose, Spurs win and Blazers lose OR if Rockets lose, Spurs lose and Blazers win.
• #5 if Rockets lose and Spurs and Blazers win.

Portland will be seeded:
• #3 if Blazers win and Rockets and Spurs lose.
• #4 if Blazers win and either the Rockets or Spurs win (but not both) OR if Blazers and Spurs both lose.
• #5 if Blazers lose and Spurs win.

San Antonio will be seeded:
• #3 if Spurs win and Rockets lose.
• #4 if Spurs win, Rockets win and Blazers lose.
• #5 if Spurs lose OR if Rockets and Blazers win.

New Orleans will be seeded:
• #6 if Hornets win OR if Mavericks and Jazz lose.
• #7 if Hornets lose and either Mavericks or Jazz win (but not both)
• #8 if Hornets lose and Mavericks and Jazz win.

Dallas will be seeded:
• #6 if Mavericks win and Hornets lose.
• #7 if Mavericks win and Hornets win OR if Mavericks lose and Jazz lose.
• #8 if Mavericks lose and Jazz win.

Utah will be seeded:
• #6 if Jazz win and Hornets and Mavericks lose.
• #7 if Jazz win and either the Hornets or Mavericks win (both not both)
• #8 if Jazz lose OR Hornets and Mavericks win.